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1The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.<\/p>\n
we do have some freedom of choice<\/p>\n
count noun he talked of revoking some of the freedoms<\/p>\n
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he was a champion of Irish freedom<\/p>\n
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independence, self-government, self-determination, self-legislation, self rule, home rule, sovereignty, autonomy, autarky, democracy<\/p>\n
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scope, latitude, leeway, margin, flexibility, facility, space, breathing space, room, elbow room<\/p>\n
2The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.<\/p>\n
the shark thrashed its way to freedom<\/p>\n
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liberty, liberation, release, emancipation, deliverance, delivery, discharge, non-confinement, extrication<\/p>\n
the shorts have a side split for freedom of movement<\/p>\n
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the dog has the freedom of the house when we are out<\/p>\n
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3freedom fromThe state of not being subject to or affected by (something undesirable)<\/p>\n
government policies to achieve freedom from want<\/p>\n
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exemption, immunity, dispensation, exception, exclusion, release, relief, reprieve, absolution, exoneration<\/p>\n
4the freedom of British A special privilege or right of access, especially that of full citizenship of a city granted to a public figure as an honour.<\/p>\n
he accepted the freedom of the City of Glasgow<\/p>\n
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5archaic Familiarity or openness in speech or behaviour.<\/p>\n
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naturalness, openness, lack of inhibition, lack of reserve, casualness, informality, lack of ceremony, spontaneity, ingenuousness<\/p>\n
impudence<\/p>\n
Old English frodm (see free, -dom).<\/p>\n
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